including Progress and Soward streets. |
It had been a very long time since I was in touch with anyone from our time in Hopedale, or “Happy Valley” as Mr. Care, my scoutmaster, used to say, making fun. For me it really was a happy valley. Now that many years have passed, and after a life a thousand miles away, I came to question the reality of it all. It became more like a favorite book rather then an experience I had. Then my sister Patti put me in touch with this website by Dan Malloy, who in turn put me in touch with three old friends from those days, Dana Francis, Tim Cox and Gary Wright. This essay is a partial compilation of emails showing a verification of retrieved memories. Thanks to Dana, Tim, Gary, Patti, and Dan. Click here to see who is in the pictures above and read a great account of growing up in Hopedale in the 1960s. |
March 22, 1950 - Workers at the site (near 200 Dutcher Street) all during the day and evening numbered about 40, with about 100 others visiting just out of curiosity. Milford Daily News What was going on there? Click here to find out. |
This is how the street I lived on in Hopedale looked in winter," wrote Herbert B. in 1910, when sending a postcard which shows Hopedale Street near the center of town. The Joseph and Sylvia Bancroft house (the white house) is still there, as well as the home of their daughter Lilla, which is on the left. The fire station referred to as the hose house, on the right, and the house next to it are long gone. Also gone are the trees and the trolley tracks |
We're Number 1!!! Without this article we would have gone through our lives not knowing that Hopedale once was home to Ethel, world champ butter fat producer. The Red Barn was where the golf course is now. Click here for more on the red barn fire. Thanks to Geri Cyr for the clipping. For pages on other farms in Hopedale,see Heart's Desire Farm and Parkside Farm. |
Thanks to Katherine Mendykowski Wright for this. Kathi had posted it on Facebook. This class graduated in 1976. The picture was probably taken in 1966-67. Mrs Kleya's 3rd grade class. Willard Gould, Melissa Young, Donald Dionne, Diane Thayer, Beth Vance, Wayne Larson, Roberta Carnaroli, Curt Jansen, Mary Gannett, Todd Smith, me, Peter Best, Anita Antelli, Cathy Miller, David Mantoni, Cindy Meaden, Bobby Libertore, Bea Recchia, Mary Marcus, Ricky George, Becky Wright, Tracy Ronan, Mark Deiana, Cindy Melin, Joe Potty, Kathy Jo Romiglio. |
We had a bit of snow overnight, March 3-4. Area towns had measurement of 15 to 16 inches. |
On eBay this month. |
Hopedale Street |
My dear wife, Elaine, passed away on March 22. The photo was taken in Alaska in 2007. Click here to read a bit about her life. |
year. Click here to see when it has happened over the years. |
Hopedale in March Ezine for March 1 - Brilliant Man, Tragic Life Ezine for mid-March - Draper Open House, 1950 Hopedale in March 2018 Hopedale in February 2019 HOME |